Breakfast links: Shifting service

Streetcar service cuts

DDOT director Leif Dormsjo announced that the H Street line will run every 12 to 15 minutes instead of every 10 minutes. The previously touted “free ride” period will also not last long, though DDOT has yet to work out a payment mechanism. (Post)

CaBi counts

According to a survey of 16% of Capital Bikeshare members, the ridership base is becoming wealthier, less diverse, and older. There was, however, significant growth in non-DC resident members, who are now 25% of the total. (Mobility Lab)

It’s just parking

According to the DC Historic Preservation Office, the parking lot at the historic Spring Valley shopping center is not a historic landmark, but only because parking was not “front and center in the design” of the site. (City Paper)

Building out

County Executive Ike Leggett plans to replace Montgomery’s Department of Economic Development with a public-private authority, similar to Fairfax’s Economic Development Authority. (WBJ)

Country clubbing

The Action Committee for Transit is accusing the Country Club of Chevy Chase of violating the terms of a 2013 agreement to stop lobbying against the Purple Line in exchange for route changes around the club. (Bethesda Beat)

Mind the gap

Plans to alleviate congestion and improve service reliability along Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor are majorly underfunded. Here are eight of the most crucial projects, including expansion of Union Station’s crowded gate area. (CityLab)

And…

The NoMa BID wants public input on the safety and accessibility of the Metropolitan Branch Trail. (WABA) … A lending library is now open in the bus deck level waiting area at Union Station. (PoPville) … Tired of bulky bike helmets? This one is for you. (Huffington Post)

Nick Finio is the Associate Director of the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he is also a PhD Candidate in Urban and Regional Planning. His dissertation is focused on gentrification in the DC area and elsewhere. At NCSG, he works on a variety of projects, including Purple Line advocacy and various regional planning projects. He has lived and worked in the region since 2011, and currently resides in Hyattsville with his son.